Badger seen in Margate as ever (5)
I believe the answer is:
tease
'badger' is the definition.
(I know that badger can be written as tease)
'in margate as ever' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'TEASE' is hidden within 'margate as ever'.
'seen' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for tease that I've seen before include "Rib, wind up" , "Vex" , "Guy" , "Page of book" , "Twit - flirt" .)